cocaine
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cocaine
- /kə(ʊ)ˈkeɪn/ UK
- /ˈkəʊkeɪˌʌɪn/ UK, obsolete
- /koʊˈkeɪn/ US
- /ˈkoʊˌkeɪn/ US
Rhymes with -eɪn
Where it comes from
From coca + -ine, from Quechua kuka. First use appears c. 1874.
noun cocaines · cocain · cocaïne
- An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.
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The powder form of this drug, specifically.
Holmes, who loathed every form of society with his whole Bohemian soul, remained in our lodgings in Baker-street, buried among his old books, and alternating from week to week between cocaine and ambition, the drowsiness of the drug, and the fierce energy of his own keen nature.
Similar: blow, girl, nose candy, powder, slim, snow, snuff, white lady, yay
- Any chemical derivative of this drug.
Similar: benzoylmethylecgonine, blow, Bolivian marching powder, booger sugar, boots, California corn flakes, charlie, ching, coke, corinne, crystals, flake, girl, hard white, marching powder, nose beer, nose candy, nose powder, party powder, powder, rock, rocks, slim, sniff, snow, snuff, toot, wash, white, white girl
verb cocaines · cocaining · cocained · cocain · cocaïne
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Synonym of cocainize.
[…] cocaining the eye, then introducing a speculum, or having an assistant hold the lids open with retractors.
Similar: cocainize
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: coke, snow, c, cocain, heroin, cokehead, smokable, dope, administer, coking, drug, coca, blow, hydrochlorate, freebase, tetracaine
noun
Similar: benzoylmethylecgonine, blow, Bolivian marching powder, booger sugar, boots, California corn flakes, charlie, ching, coke, corinne, crystals, flake, girl, hard white, marching powder, nose beer, nose candy, nose powder, party powder, powder, rock, rocks, slim, sniff, snow, snuff, toot, wash, white, white girl
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noun the narcotic
| Español | cocaína, esnov |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 코카인 kokain |
| 日本語 | コカイン kokain |
| 中文 | 可卡因 kěkǎyīn, 古柯鹼 /古柯碱 gǔkējiǎn |
| हिन्दी | कोकीन kokīn, कोकेन koken |
| Kiswahili | kokeni |
| Português | cocaína |
| Français | cocaïne |
| Deutsch | Kokain |
| Italiano | cocaina |
| Ελληνικά | κοκαΐνη kokaḯni |
| Română | cocaină |
| Русский | кокаи́н kokaín |
| العربية | كُوكَايِين kukayīn |
| עברית | קוֹקָאִין koka'ín |
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title = {cocaine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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